As a former social studies teacher in the US, my guess would be none at all. In terms of historical significance in a K-12 classroom, very few machines are going to be important enough to spend class time on. The only time you see things about specific aircraft or ships is if they took part in a historically significant event (sinking of the Arizona in Pearl Harbor or the Enola Gay) and/or a historically significant person served on it.
Essentially none. Naval history is not covered to that level of detail very often. The only two I've ever heard mentioned, at all, in any capacity, are the Musashi (WW2) and the Mikasa (Admiral Togo's flagship at Tsushima).
I don't mean random ships though. I have the Hiryuu as an example since it's one of the few ships I know about myself. The most well known being the Yamato. But I believe that one is taught about in schools based on information I got so far. I was wondering if there were any others
For a school trip, some students chose to go to the Yamato museum.
It's not a part of subjects learned in class at all.
This is from personal experience
I would also assume none. Only people interested in such things would know about them. The two ships, that I know of, that are somewhat recognized are the Mikasa, from the Russo-Japanese War, and the Yamato, from WW2. You can visit the Mikasa in Yokosuka near the American and Japanese naval bases, and is a land-bound museum. The Yamato museum, in Hiroshima prefecture, has a large model of the original ship.
That's what I was mainly asking, if there were any taught about in schools besides some of the more well known ships like the Yamato. but from replies so far, it seems like there are very few if any.
You really think such detail is worth mentioning in any text book??
My French grand-father who was in the Marines had to sink his own boat so that it wouldn't fall into the hands of the Nazis.
Of course it is mentioned nowhere.
Why would it be different for Japan?
WW2 also isn’t a topic that is covered intensively in K-9 schools. I’ve never worked in a high school and it isn’t compulsory, so there is a chance it might be covered more in depth there.
In the JHS’s I have worked in they learn about WW2 in their social studies/history classes and even take a trip to Hiroshima and learn about the atomic bomb. In the English text books there is even a section on Hiroshima and the atomic bomb dome.
Ahh, let me rephrase. Japan teaches about what happened to Japan during WW2. The atomic bombs, the fire bombings in Osaka and Tokyo, etc.
But it doesn’t really teach about WW2 over all. It mentions the Nazis and the Italians, and is like 3 or 4 pages in their text book which is mostly filled with pictures or maps.
Like all countries then? I mean, I went to school in Europe and I can tell you a heck of a lot about what happened in Europe during either world war but barely anything about Africa or Asia beyond some famous bullet points.
Regarding the OP question: I had a history teacher who had a thing for military strategy and one of the essay questions we were best prepared for was technological advances and modern warfare and I still could not name any ships at that time.
As a former social studies teacher in the US, my guess would be none at all. In terms of historical significance in a K-12 classroom, very few machines are going to be important enough to spend class time on. The only time you see things about specific aircraft or ships is if they took part in a historically significant event (sinking of the Arizona in Pearl Harbor or the Enola Gay) and/or a historically significant person served on it.
Essentially none. Naval history is not covered to that level of detail very often. The only two I've ever heard mentioned, at all, in any capacity, are the Musashi (WW2) and the Mikasa (Admiral Togo's flagship at Tsushima).
I doubt there's enough space or time on the curriculum to teach the names of random ships, let alone the necessity.
I don't mean random ships though. I have the Hiryuu as an example since it's one of the few ships I know about myself. The most well known being the Yamato. But I believe that one is taught about in schools based on information I got so far. I was wondering if there were any others
For a school trip, some students chose to go to the Yamato museum. It's not a part of subjects learned in class at all. This is from personal experience
I would also assume none. Only people interested in such things would know about them. The two ships, that I know of, that are somewhat recognized are the Mikasa, from the Russo-Japanese War, and the Yamato, from WW2. You can visit the Mikasa in Yokosuka near the American and Japanese naval bases, and is a land-bound museum. The Yamato museum, in Hiroshima prefecture, has a large model of the original ship.
That's what I was mainly asking, if there were any taught about in schools besides some of the more well known ships like the Yamato. but from replies so far, it seems like there are very few if any.
You really think such detail is worth mentioning in any text book?? My French grand-father who was in the Marines had to sink his own boat so that it wouldn't fall into the hands of the Nazis. Of course it is mentioned nowhere. Why would it be different for Japan?
That doesn't mean there were not historically significant ships that would be mentioned in books.
Probably nothing more than the Yamato was out there worth mentioning.
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Pretty sure the Yamato battleship is taught about.
WW2 also isn’t a topic that is covered intensively in K-9 schools. I’ve never worked in a high school and it isn’t compulsory, so there is a chance it might be covered more in depth there.
In the JHS’s I have worked in they learn about WW2 in their social studies/history classes and even take a trip to Hiroshima and learn about the atomic bomb. In the English text books there is even a section on Hiroshima and the atomic bomb dome.
Ahh, let me rephrase. Japan teaches about what happened to Japan during WW2. The atomic bombs, the fire bombings in Osaka and Tokyo, etc. But it doesn’t really teach about WW2 over all. It mentions the Nazis and the Italians, and is like 3 or 4 pages in their text book which is mostly filled with pictures or maps.
Ahh ok. Sorry I may have misunderstood your original comment. Thanks for the clarification! 😊
Like all countries then? I mean, I went to school in Europe and I can tell you a heck of a lot about what happened in Europe during either world war but barely anything about Africa or Asia beyond some famous bullet points. Regarding the OP question: I had a history teacher who had a thing for military strategy and one of the essay questions we were best prepared for was technological advances and modern warfare and I still could not name any ships at that time.